Reviews

Crushing by Sophie Burrows

gae's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I "read" this graphic novel back in July. Read in quotations because this book doesn't have any words or dialogues. But the monochromatic illustrations with a burst of color were able to show how two people longed for a connection, and how their paths intersected without them knowing. This was a perfect depiction of what we're looking for just passed by us a second ago without us realizing it, but there will be that opportunity, that chance that we will eventually find it... or not.

hannahhhhippensteel's review against another edition

5.0

this book, although with almost no words, speaks so highly of the quest to align ourselves with people who we think should get a piece of our heart… and the humanity of heartbreak.

numbat's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

An great use of colour.

ewpapp's review against another edition

4.0

Very melancholy but really nice art, definitely relatable to singles in the city. The ending is sweet and although the main characters appear to be straight and white I am still rooting for them

oscar101's review against another edition

hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

rachelm31f6b's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

lucysreading's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

mindthebook's review against another edition

3.0

Titeln fick mig att tänka i "crushing it"-banor, kanske skulle det bli lite girlpower i urban miljö. Men det är ett anti-ensamhetsprojekt och det är ju fint. Om två Londonmänniskor som nästan möts och nästan möts och nästan möts...

Återhållsam färgpalett. Tror den ska illustrera twentysomething-ennui. Ett vardagsvackert uppslag är en tvåsidespanel (heter det så?) med Londonbor som står och väntar på ett District Line-tåg mot Upminster. Chez nous, ju. Ritades delvis under pandemin och det märks på olika sätt i uttrycket.

Annars känner jag ofta till slut antipati inför otympliga grafiska romaner med relativt tunt innehåll - Lex: den astunga boken om den franska bänken - så den här går till en charity shop inom kort.

jula_09's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

zabcia's review against another edition

3.0

75%

*interesting visual of how lives intersect, especially the lives of people who live in the same area and have fairly frequent parallels without even realizing it

* you don't often see media portraying "silent crushes", where you see someone one time and develop an instant crush and have an entire daydream about them that you never intend to act on, because you only interacted with them in passing. I thought it was cool that this whole book was kind of about that